diff --git a/client/src/lib.rs b/client/src/lib.rs
index 4297498684e..3a0e76da81f 100644
--- a/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@
 
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 
-use async_std::task;
+use async_std::{
+    sync::{
+        Arc,
+        RwLock,
+    },
+    task,
+};
 use futures::{
     channel::{
         mpsc,
@@ -75,7 +81,10 @@ use sc_service::{
     RpcSession,
     TaskManager,
 };
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    marker::PhantomData,
+};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 const DEFAULT_CHANNEL_SIZE: usize = 16;
@@ -102,12 +111,25 @@ impl SubxtClient {
     pub fn new(mut task_manager: TaskManager, rpc: RpcHandlers) -> Self {
         let (to_back, from_front) = mpsc::channel(DEFAULT_CHANNEL_SIZE);
 
+        let request_id = Arc::new(RwLock::new(u64::MIN));
+        let subscriptions = Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::<u64, String>::new()));
+
         task::spawn(
             select(
                 Box::pin(from_front.for_each(move |message: FrontToBack| {
                     let rpc = rpc.clone();
                     let (to_front, from_back) = mpsc01::channel(DEFAULT_CHANNEL_SIZE);
                     let session = RpcSession::new(to_front.clone());
+
+                    let request_id = request_id.clone();
+                    let subscriptions = subscriptions.clone();
+
+                    let request_id = {
+                        let mut request_id = request_id.write().await;
+                        *request_id = request_id.wrapping_add(1);
+                        *request_id
+                    };
+
                     async move {
                         match message {
                             FrontToBack::Notification { method, params } => {
@@ -132,7 +154,7 @@ impl SubxtClient {
                                         jsonrpc: Version::V2,
                                         method: method.into(),
                                         params: params.into(),
-                                        id: Id::Num(0),
+                                        id: Id::Num(request_id),
                                     }));
                                 if let Ok(message) = serde_json::to_string(&request) {
                                     if let Some(response) =
@@ -163,15 +185,20 @@ impl SubxtClient {
                             FrontToBack::Subscribe {
                                 subscribe_method,
                                 params,
-                                unsubscribe_method: _,
+                                unsubscribe_method,
                                 send_back,
                             } => {
+                                {
+                                    let mut subscriptions = subscriptions.write().await;
+                                    subscriptions.insert(request_id, unsubscribe_method);
+                                }
+
                                 let request =
                                     Request::Single(Call::MethodCall(MethodCall {
                                         jsonrpc: Version::V2,
                                         method: subscribe_method,
                                         params,
-                                        id: Id::Num(0),
+                                        id: Id::Num(request_id),
                                     }));
 
                                 let (mut send_front_sub, send_back_sub) =
@@ -188,10 +215,7 @@ impl SubxtClient {
                                             Output::Success(_) => {
                                                 Ok((
                                                     send_back_sub,
-                                                    // NOTE: The ID is used to unsubscribe to specific subscription
-                                                    // which the `SubxtClient` doesn't support so hardcoding it to `0`
-                                                    // is fine.
-                                                    SubscriptionId::Num(0),
+                                                    SubscriptionId::Num(request_id),
                                                 ))
                                             }
                                             Output::Failure(failure) => {
@@ -219,16 +243,38 @@ impl SubxtClient {
                                             &response
                                         )
                                         .expect("failed to decode subscription notif");
-                                        send_front_sub
+                                        // ignore send error since the channel is probably closed
+                                        let _ = send_front_sub
                                             .send(notif.params.result)
-                                            .await
-                                            .expect("failed to send subscription notif")
+                                            .await;
                                     }
                                 });
                             }
 
-                            FrontToBack::SubscriptionClosed(_) => {
-                                // NOTE: unsubscriptions are not supported by SubxtClient.
+                            FrontToBack::SubscriptionClosed(subscription_id) => {
+                                let sub_id =
+                                    if let SubscriptionId::Num(num) = subscription_id {
+                                        num
+                                    } else {
+                                        unreachable!("subscription id should be num")
+                                    };
+                                let json_sub_id = jsonrpc::to_value(sub_id).unwrap();
+
+                                let subscriptions = subscriptions.read().await;
+                                if let Some(unsubscribe) = subscriptions.get(&sub_id) {
+                                    let request =
+                                        Request::Single(Call::MethodCall(MethodCall {
+                                            jsonrpc: Version::V2,
+                                            method: unsubscribe.into(),
+                                            params: jsonrpc::Params::Array(vec![
+                                                json_sub_id,
+                                            ]),
+                                            id: Id::Num(request_id),
+                                        }));
+                                    if let Ok(message) = serde_json::to_string(&request) {
+                                        rpc.rpc_query(&session, &message).await;
+                                    }
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }